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I was seven. I had no idea about clothes, except knowing that we wear a uniform to school.
“Why didn’t you report it immediately? Why did you report it all of a sudden now, after years? You sure want attention?”
I was seven. I didn’t know that what happened to me was wrong. I didn’t know what they call it so I didn’t report.
“What evidence do you have that he did it?”
I was seven. I was only trying to get away from his clutches. I didn’t get the idea of going back to collect evidence.
“Was there any witness?”
I was seven. He could easily pull me to a place where we’d be alone.
“But his future will be ruined if this comes out now.”
I was seven and had a future too. He never thought of it.
“What were you wearing then?”
I was seven. I had no idea about clothes, except knowing that we wear uniform to school.
“Did you provoke him?”
I was seven. I didn’t know what provokes whom and towards what.
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UP Boards Topper Prachi Nigam was trolled on social media for her facial hair; our obsession with appearance is harsh on young minds.
Prachi Nigam’s photo has been doing the rounds on social media for the right reasons. Well, scratch that- I wish the above statement were true. This 15-year-old girl should ideally be revelling in her spectacular achievement of scoring a whopping 98.05% and topping her tenth-grade boards. But oddly enough, along with her marks, it’s something else that garners more attention – her facial hair.
While the trolls are driving themselves giddy by mocking this girl who hasn’t even completed her school yet, the ones who are taking her side are going one step ahead – they are sharing her photoshopped pictures, sans the facial hair, looking nothing less than a celebrity with captions saying – “Prachi Nigam, ten years later”.
Doctors have already diagnosed her with PCOD in their comments, based on photographic evidence. While we have names for people shamed for their weight – body shaming, for their skin colour- racism, for their age- age shaming, for being a female- sexism, this category of shaming where one faces criticism for their appearance has no name. With that, it also has zero shame attached to it.
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